Meissen Snuffboxes
Of the Eighteenth Century
Distributed for Hirmer Publishers
- Contents
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Foreword
Porcelain Snuff Boxes of the Eighteenth Century: An Introduction
Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky
Essays
Snuff Boxes and the Taking of Snuff: On the Purpose of Luxury
Hans Ottomeyer
Precious Snuff Boxes in Princely Collections of the Eighteenth Century
Lorenz Seelig
Pleasure and Principle: Collecting Snuff Boxes from 1800 Onwards
Heike Zech
Eighteenth Century Meissen Porcelain Snuff Boxes
Ulrich Pietsch
Image and Symbol: On the Use and Meaning of the Snuff Box as Reflected by Meissen Figures of the Eighteenth Century
Sarah-Katharina Acevedo
Catalogue
Appendix
The Work Reports of Meissen Modellers and Decorators concerning Snuff Boxes
Selected and transcribed by Ulrich Pietsch
Literature
Index
Image Credits
Art: Art--General Studies
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